# Discord (ديسكورد)

> Discord is restricted in Syria, as of 2026-08-10.

- Status: restricted
- Outreach: Contacted
- Company: [Discord](https://unblocksyria.com/en/companies/discord.md)
- Categories: Messaging, Forums & Communities, Team Communication, Video Calling
- Official site: https://discord.com
- Community votes: 203
- Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Page: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/discord

## About

Voice, video, and text chat platform for communities and gaming

## Activity summary

Restricted for users in Syria. After file uploads worked through January and February 2026 making the platform broadly usable, community testing in February 2026 found that chat, voice, and video work normally but Syrian phone numbers (+963) are blocked from account verification, returning a disguised "rate limited" error. The team contacted the company in February and March 2026 to request a regional policy review; no response has been received yet.

## Official timeline

- 2026-03-31 — Contacted Company. Official outreach to support@discord.com. Syrian phone numbers (+963) blocked from verification with disguised 'rate limited' error. 55% of Forums & Communities accessible. Reddit, Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Snapchat cited.
- 2026-03-31 — Contacted Company. Official outreach email sent from corporateaffairs@unblocksyria.com to support@discord.com. The email noted that Syrian phone numbers (+963) are blocked from account verification with a disguised 'rate limited' error. Cited Reddit, Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Snapchat, and Medium as accessible peers. Forums & Communities category is 55% accessible.

## Community reports

- 2026-02-16 — Contacted Company. Outreach email sent to Discord at support@discord.com requesting a policy review of Discord's service accessibility in Syria. The email referenced the 2025 OFAC and EU sanctions lift and requested that Discord review its regional restrictions. Note: Discord is currently largely accessible in Syria but restricts phone verification with +963 numbers.
- 2026-02-16 — Verified. Community verification from Syria: Discord's core chat, voice, and video functionality works normally, but the platform blocks Syrian phone numbers (+963) from being used for account verification. Attempting to add a Syrian phone number returns a "The resource is being rate limited" error, which appears to be a disguised country-level block rather than an actual rate limit. Status corrected from accessible to restricted. (evidence: https://api.unblocksyria.com/files/evidence/x0eowipm54e38kx229ckqk6e/ktqunlsb2c1bjdaunjgsbqri-image.png)
- 2026-02-09 — Partially Resolved. Community member from Syria reported that Discord file and image uploads are now working without issues. Previously, uploads were restricted from Syria. Status updated from limited to accessible.
- 2026-02-09 — Fully Unblocked. Discord is now fully accessible from Syria. All features including voice, video, text chat, and file uploads are working without restrictions.
- 2026-02-07 — Investigated. Community member from Syria reported that Discord file and image uploads are restricted. While the platform itself is accessible, users cannot send files or images from Syria.
- 2026-02-07 — Investigated. User reports from Syria indicate that while Discord is accessible, sending images and files is restricted. Status updated from accessible to limited.
- 2026-01-31 — Fully Unblocked. Looks like downloading/uploading files now work without VPN
- 2026-01-18 — Investigated. Chat works, uploading and downloading files still require a VPN

## Context

These are geo-restrictions the companies applied themselves, not filtering by Syrian ISPs and not a legal requirement. US and EU sanctions on Syria were lifted in 2025. See https://unblocksyria.com/llms.txt for the regulatory summary and https://unblocksyria.com/en/about for citations to the specific orders and regulations.

## Machine-readable

- JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/discord?locale=en
- Timeline JSON: https://api.unblocksyria.com/services/discord/timeline?locale=en
- HTML: https://unblocksyria.com/en/services/discord
- Other languages: https://unblocksyria.com/ar/services/discord.md, https://unblocksyria.com/ku/services/discord.md